Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer believes that eastern Germany is well represented in the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD. "We have great backing, a great common understanding that we want a second upswing in the east," said Kretschmer on the sidelines of a trip to Cairo.
The new states still have their own issues, such as the expansion of infrastructure towards Poland and the Czech Republic, which has been neglected for 35 years. In terms of economic policy, many things were to be done differently, especially in the financial sector, which would ensure growth in the east. Kretschmer also announced "clever instruments" for attracting foreign skilled workers to the new federal states, where demographic trends are difficult.
